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clinton four times and bush in 2008. they went at a moment they were on the cusp -- and the president is coming to close a deal. >> this is about iran? >> there is no deal. >> i think he is sending a message to iran and israelis. i think he is trying to speak over the heads of israelis leaders and say to the israeli people give me time. i'm working on iran. give me time. i have your back, israel. >> is this about become? >> no, do that in the next block. >> this time it's personal. >> on the nation's debate on gun reform. president obama's initiative to reduce violence in america has been severely weakened. harry reid has announced the most controversial and ambitious part of the president's proposal a ban on assault weapons will not make the final cut when he brings the bill up for debate. >> but, right now, her amendment using the most optimistic numbers has less than 40 votes. that's not 60. i have to get something on the floor so we can have votes on that issue and the other issues i talked about and what i'm going t
clinton four times and bush in 2008. they went at a moment they were on the cusp -- and the president is coming to close a deal. >> this is about iran? >> there is no deal. >> i think he is sending a message to iran and israelis. i think he is trying to speak over the heads of israelis leaders and say to the israeli people give me time. i'm working on iran. give me time. i have your back, israel. >> is this about become? >> no, do that in the next block. >>...
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bush. he made the bad decision to go in, but he stayed there on the ground. and he was aided fantastically by his general on the ground, general petraeus. whatever happened later in general petraeus' career doesn't change that. and you can count the tens of thousands of iraqis alive today because the country didn't keep zooming off towards civil war the way it was heading when petraeus came in. >> you know, richard engel a couple of years ago, i asked him what was going on in iraq and asked him what they thought about george w. bush. and he said not much. not much. but they would put statues of david petraeus up on every square if they had a chance. >> well, richard haas, we have this from daniel dunby. who writes in part, turkey is the economic winner of the iraq war. the americans won the war, the iranians won the peace and the turks won the contracts. with iraq's kurdish region seeking to reduce the dependence on baghdad, the relationship with turkey may soon move to another level. tensi
bush. he made the bad decision to go in, but he stayed there on the ground. and he was aided fantastically by his general on the ground, general petraeus. whatever happened later in general petraeus' career doesn't change that. and you can count the tens of thousands of iraqis alive today because the country didn't keep zooming off towards civil war the way it was heading when petraeus came in. >> you know, richard engel a couple of years ago, i asked him what was going on in iraq and...
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i think jeb bush, mark is right. he fell flat in the hall, but the platform he is laying down, the idea that republican party has to be a party that takes care and cares about the poor is a very smart place to be and, you know, kind of the direction that priebus was talking about. >> if i could distance myself from what ron said and everybody in the greater manhattan area think about cpac. i don't think they are whacko birds. they are my friends. they are my friends and -- >> did he do that? >> yes, because you know what? >> why? >> you were there. >> i was. >> i spoke at cpac and i've spoken at cpac before and, yes, there are elements there. but let me tell you something. i've also been at liberal organizing events where there were some crazy, almost bordering on violent people at some labor organizing event. i'm just speaking for myself. nobody else has to say anything! i just -- i just -- >> can i say one thing? >> yes. i know ron, i'm not singling you out because everybody else says the same thing about them, but
i think jeb bush, mark is right. he fell flat in the hall, but the platform he is laying down, the idea that republican party has to be a party that takes care and cares about the poor is a very smart place to be and, you know, kind of the direction that priebus was talking about. >> if i could distance myself from what ron said and everybody in the greater manhattan area think about cpac. i don't think they are whacko birds. they are my friends. they are my friends and -- >> did he...
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bush and dick cheney shredding the constitution. >> they did. it's kind of hard to undo that. >> however, we would never do such a thing. here is some scotch tape. seriously, if if it is so immoral, you close gitmo. >> really some what do you do? >> you close gitmo is what you do. >> okay. that would be -- >> if the united states gets into office and he realizes that it violates our most basic constitutional principles as a people, you don't ask what the costs are. you do it. but as mike barnicle said, he got the briefing. >> in chicago. >> in chicago. and it's called the o sh briefing for a reason, mike, isn't it? >> yeah. >> you find out you're not as smart as you thought you were when you're a state senator and then a two-year u.s. senator -- no, then a two-year u.s. senator running for president, a guy that really didn't do a lot of homework when i was in the u.s. senate and wasn't quite as smart as he thought he was when it came to this, was he? >> i think it would apply to anyone but this case it applied to the president elected to the uni
bush and dick cheney shredding the constitution. >> they did. it's kind of hard to undo that. >> however, we would never do such a thing. here is some scotch tape. seriously, if if it is so immoral, you close gitmo. >> really some what do you do? >> you close gitmo is what you do. >> okay. that would be -- >> if the united states gets into office and he realizes that it violates our most basic constitutional principles as a people, you don't ask what the...
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i mean, he was for the iraq war and until he was against it, until bush became president. as long as we've got a democrat in there, i think the good people of syria can depend on carl levin to be with them. >> it's interesting that he's appearing with senator mccain who has been a very vocal advocate of more strength being thrown toward the rebels in syria, including alluding to, perhaps, you know, putting ground troops into syria. now levin and mccain combined. >> the drum beats are clearly growing louder. >> yeah. >> you know, this report of a chemical weapons attack seems to be something that we should step back and let the investigators investigate before we start -- >> by the way, we'd already have been there a long time ago but for the past decade of war. 70,000 dead in syria. and we would have gotten together with the international community. we would have figured out a way to stop the killing. >> some people would consider that a game changer. >> yes. 70,000. >> yes. that's what i'm saying. not so long ago we were talking about 20,000 dead out there. >> i know. >>
i mean, he was for the iraq war and until he was against it, until bush became president. as long as we've got a democrat in there, i think the good people of syria can depend on carl levin to be with them. >> it's interesting that he's appearing with senator mccain who has been a very vocal advocate of more strength being thrown toward the rebels in syria, including alluding to, perhaps, you know, putting ground troops into syria. now levin and mccain combined. >> the drum beats...